News Jellyrolls Announces Departure from Disney's BoardWalk at Walt Disney World

[JMcMahonEsq]

Do you mean see again? The original development of WDW as a resort (which was under Eisner and Wells) brought high end restaurants, pleasure island, original boardwalk, multiple golf courses, etc. - plenty to balance out kids and adults.

I will be honest i don't really look as having any relevance to how a business marketed itself over half a century ago, which is when WDW was first being developed. Not judging what was done back during those days for that market, as being "right" or "wrong" just irrelevant to the current market.

I also don't think that WDW won't have some offerings for certain older demographics, just that it won't be balanced. In fact i think it will generally be unbalanced, with the majority of money spent and offering being geared toward their target demo, with some additional offerings to tertiary markets.

 

[LSLS]

There are a ton of resorts/time shares/etc. just past Hotel Blvd, and the times I've hit bars around there, they have always been slammed. I wonder if they are moving somewhere over there. They wouldn't be on Disney, but close enough to still bring a bunch in.

At any rate, sad for the boardwalk. Even if this does turn to a jazz club in 5 years (which I will say I don't think is a good idea), you've basically killed off an entire half of the boardwalk for the foreseeable future with both places closed.

 

[Bocabear]

The Boardwalk really needs some new entertainment and a lower cost dining option...Now that Jellyrolls and the Big River Brewing are both closed, perhaps they could combine the spaces and create a big Jersey Shore Diner...and then do something with the Atlantic Dance Hall...

 

[JMcMahonEsq]

It's a 10 minute walk from Icon Park. I think it just closes.

What surprises me the most in ths thread is how many don't care it's closing. The second one is how many don't leave the bubble of Disney or Universal much.

I am not sure why you would be surprised.

While some people have attended and may have liked Jellyrolls, its not exactly a marque feature of the WDW experience. It's not so popular that you needed to control reservations to get in. You aren't seeing long lines of people every night waiting their turn to get into the place. It's also not that unique of an experience to WDW. Whether your talking about the old Jake Ivories in Boston, or Crocodile Rocks in Myrtle beach, if that is something someone wants to experience, your going to be able to find alternatives, and most likely a lot closer to home than WDW.

As to the second point, this is the one that i really don't understand the surprise. People are spending a lot of money to take a trip to go to WDW or Universal. The resorts, especially WDW makes it very convenient to NOT have to leave the bubble. Given that, why would you think many people would choose to leave? You are paying a premium to be in the bubble, why wouldn't you take advantage of the convivence as opposed to paying that premium, and then going offsite to do things you most likely could have done cheaper, and in other places?

 

[flyakite]

I haven’t been to Jellyrolls since the 90s. I had been to Howl at the Moon previously, and I just found them similar and boring after a few times. Just my opinion. I am surprised that it survived this long. I just looked up to see if the Atlantic Dance Hall was still open. It is. I last checked it out in the early 2000s and no one was in there. When it opened they were riding on the Swing Revival genre and all the guests were swing dancing and saw Michael Andrew/Swingerhead there. It was quite enjoyable. Maybe a jazz club in the old Jellyrolls will foster a calmer clientele who want to enjoy performers, while being able to hear their companions. Maybe better drink menu and some food. IMHO.

 

[Andrew C]

We need a hero...

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

Any chance of building an "Adventurers Club" there?

Asking for a friend.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

I will be honest i don't really look as having any relevance to how a business marketed itself over half a century ago

I’m not that old!!!!! Haha.